UNSW Handbook Course - The Modern Jewish Experience: Nationalism and Statehood

The Modern Jewish Experience: Nationalism and Statehood - HIST1031


	Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
	School: School of History
	Campus: Kensington Campus
	Career: Undergraduate
	Units of Credit: 6
	Contact Hours per Week: 3
	Enrolment Requirements:
	Excluded: JWST1001
	Offered: Semester 2 2005
	Fee Band: 1

Description

Explores the origins of modern Jewish nationalism, Zionism, in the mid-nineteenth century and charts its development through to the creation of the State of Israel in 1948. Discusses the influence of emancipation, nationalism, socialism and anti-semitism. Concludes by considering the debate on 'post-Zionism' and the challenges it may present for Israel and the Jewish Diaspora.

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